In this pageant was Pallas, Iuno and Uenus, and before them stood Mercurie, which in the name of the thrée goddesses gaue to hir a ball of gold diui|ded in thrée, signifieng thrée gifts which the thrée god|desses gaue to hir, that is to saie, wisedome, riches, and felicitie. As she entered into Paules gate there was a pretie pageant, in which sat thrée ladies richlie clothed, and in a circle on their head was written Regina Anna prosperè procede & regna. T [...]e ladie in the middes had a tablet, in the which was written Venia|mica coronaberis, and vnder the tablet sat an angell with a close crowne, and the ladie sitting on the right hand had a tablet of siluer in which was written, Do|miné dirige gressius meos, & the third ladie had a tablet of gold with letters azure written, Confido in Domi|no, & vnder their féet was written in legible letters:

Regina Anna nouum regis de sanguine natum

Cùm paries, populis aurea seclatuis.

And these ladies cast downe wafers, on the which the two verses were written. From thence she pas|sed to the east end of Paules churchyard against the schoole, where stood on a scaffold two hundred chil|dren well apparelled,Two hundred children vpon a scaffold gra|ting the Q. with verses. which said to hir diuerse goodlie verses of poets translated into English, to the ho|nour of the king and hir, which she highlie commen|ded. And when she came to Ludgate, the gate was newlie garnished with gold & bise. And on the leads of saint Martins church stood a goodlie queere of sing|ing men and children, which soong new balads made in praise of hir. After that she was passed Ludgate, she procéeded toward Fléetstréet, where the conduit was newlie painted, and all the armes and angels refreshed, & the chime melodiouslie sounding. Upon the conduit was made a towre with foure turrets,Goodlie me|lodie. and in euerie turret stood one of the cardinall ver|tues with their tokens and properties, which had se|uerall spéeches, promising the queene neuer to leaue hir, but to be aiding and comforting hir: and in the middest of the towre closelie was such seuerall so|lemne instruments, that it séemed to be an heauen|lie noise, and was much regarded and praised: and beside this the said conduit ran wine claret and red all the afternoone.

So she with all hir companie and the maior rode foorth to Temple barre, which was newlie painted and repared,The quéene commeth to Westminster hall and the maner of hir receiuing. where stood also diuerse singing men and children, till she came to Westminster hall, which was richlie hanged with cloth of arras, and new glased. And in the middest of the hall she was taken out of hir litter, & so led vp to the higher deske vnder the cloth of estate, on whose left hand was a cupbord of ten stages maruellous rich and beautifull to behold and within a little season was brought to the quéene with a solemne seruice in great standing spice plates, a void of spice and subtilties with ipo|cras and other wines, which she sent downe to hir ladies, and when the ladies had dranke, she gaue har|tie thanks to the lords and ladies, with the maior and other that had giuen their attendance on hir, and so withdrew hir selfe with a few ladies to the Whitehall and so to hir chamber, and there shifted hir, and after went into hir barge secretlie to the king to his ma|nour of Westminster, where she rested that night.